Another Part of the Plains. | |
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Enter AJAX. | |
| Ajax. Troilus, thou coward Troilus, show thy head! | |
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Enter DIOMEDES. | 4 |
| Dio. Troilus, I say! where’s Troilus? | |
| Ajax. What wouldst thou? | |
| Dio. I would correct him. | |
| Ajax. Were I the general, thou shouldst have my office | 8 |
| Ere that correction. Troilus, I say! what, Troilus! | |
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Enter TROILUS. | |
| Tro. O traitor Diomed! Turn thy false face, thou traitor! | |
| And pay thy life thou ow’st me for my horse! | 12 |
| Dio. Ha! art thou there? | |
| Ajax. I’ll fight with him alone: stand, Diomed. | |
| Dio. He is my prize; I will not look upon. | |
| Tro. Come, both you cogging Greeks; have at you both! [Exeunt, fighting. | 16 |
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Enter HECTOR. | |
| Hect. Yea, Troilus? O, well fought, my youngest brother! | |
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Enter ACHILLES. | |
| Achil. Now I do see thee. Ha! have at thee, Hector! | 20 |
| Hect. Pause, if thou wilt. | |
| Achil. I do disdain thy courtesy, proud Trojan. | |
| Be happy that my arms are out of use: | |
| My rest and negligence befriend thee now, | 24 |
| But thou anon shalt hear of me again; | |
| Till when, go seek thy fortune. [Exit. | |
| Hect. Fare thee well:— | |
| I would have been much more a fresher man, | 28 |
| Had I expected thee. How now, my brother! | |
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Re-enter TROILUS. | |
| Tro. Ajax hath ta’en Æneas: shall it be? | |
| No, by the flame of yonder glorious heaven, | 32 |
| He shall not carry him: I’ll be ta’en too, | |
| Or bring him off. Fate, hear me what I say! | |
| I reck not though I end my life to-day. [Exit. | |
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Enter One in sumptuous armour. | 36 |
| Hect. Stand, stand, thou Greek; thou art a goodly mark. | |
| No? wilt thou not? I like thy armour well; | |
| I’ll frush it, and unlock the rivets all, | |
| But I’ll be master of it. Wilt thou not, beast, abide? | 40 |
| Why then, fly on, I’ll hunt thee for thy hide. [Exeunt. | |
